Key events
GOAL! Plzen 1-0 Rangers (agg: 1-3; Durosinmi 41)
Rangers aren’t through just yet – Rafiu Durosinmi had put Plzen ahead on the night in the Czech Republic.
GOAL! Fenerbahce 2-1 Feyenoord (agg: 3-3; Duran 45+2)
The tie is all square after a terrific finish from Jhon Duran! A long ball was headed down expertly by En-Nesyri towards the onrushing Duran, who got to the ball a split-second before the defender and then, while still off-balance, flipped a shot into the far corner. Excellent goal.
GOALS! FC Copenhagen 2-0 Malmo FF (agg: 2-0; Huescas 31, Robert 43)
With all the excitement in Istanbul I missed not one but two goals for FC Copenhagen. Rodrigo Huescas and Robert (no relation) have put them in control of the tie.
GOAL! Fenerbahce 1-1 Feyenoord (agg: 2-3, Brown 44)
Fenerbahce needed a quick reply. It has come from the Englishman Archie Brown, who got between two defenders at the near post to head a left-wing corner into the net.
GOAL! Fenerbahce 0-1 Feyenoord (agg: 1-3, Watanage 41)
Tsuyoshi Watanabe heads Feyenoord in front on the night! It was a terrific header – but Fenerbahce are not happy with the manner of the goal. Their keeper Irfan picked the ball well outside his area, thinking a free-kick had been given for handball against Ueda.
It hadn’t, so the referee gave a free-kick to Feyenoord for the handball. Hwang clipped it in and Watanabe forced a header past Irfan at the nea rpost.
38 min: Fenerbahce 0-0 Feyenoord Ayase Ueda has a shot saved after manufacturing space where there appeared to be none in the Fenerbahce area. The referee then gave a foul to Fener but I’m not sure whether that was before or after Ueda’s dizzying piece of skill.
31 min: Fenerbahce 0-0 Feyenoord (agg: 1-2) Amrabat runs through on goal from halfway, but his touch is slightly heavy and Watanabe comes across. He then plays a backpass that beats the keeper Wellenreuther and rolls just wide of goal.
Actually I think Wellenreuther got a slight touch, without which there would probably have been a comedy own-goal.
31 min: Fenerbahce 0-0 Feyenoord (agg: 1-2) We’ve now seen the offside lines for the disallowed goal; essential En-Nesyri’s knee was offside, but it was really close and you can understand why Mourinho was so expectant. The celebration might have been pushing it though.
29 min: Fenerbahce 0-0 Feyenoord (agg: 1-2) Jose Mourinho has started celebrating the goal… but now VAR have upheld the offside decision! Comedy gold in Istanbul. Mourinho is marching round with the face of a man who has just been told red is blue and blue is wibble.
He’d seen a replay, judged it to be onside with the naked eye and started raising his fists triumphantly to the home fans. Then somebody gave him the bad news.
28 min: Fenerbahce 0-0 Feyenoord (agg: 1-2) Youssef En Nesyri has had a goal disallowed for offside – but it’s being checked and looks very tight.
25 min: Fenerbahce 0-0 Feyenoord (agg: 1-2) Jhon Duran has two attempts at goal in the space of five seconds. The first was blocked by a defender; the second took a deflection and was clawed behind by the keeper Timon Wellenreuther. Good save.
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22 min: Plzen 0-0 Rangers (agg: 0-3) So far so good for Rangers in the Czech Republic. The winner of the tie will meet Club Brugge or Salzburg in the final playoff round.
15 min: Fenerbahce 0-0 Feyenoord (agg: 1-2) Jhon Duran – the very same – has just hit the side netting with Fener’s first half-chance. Feyenoord have probably played the more intricate football but Fenerbahce look a threat on the break.
Champions League qualifying latest (6pm KOs unless stated)
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Qarabag 4-1 Shkendija (5pm, agg: 5-1)
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FC Copenhagen 0-0 Malmo FF (agg: 0-0)
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Fenerbahce 0-0 Feyenoord (agg: 1-2)
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Pafos 1-0 Dynamo Kyiv (agg: 2-0)
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Plzen 0-0 Rangers (agg: 0-3)
6 min: Fenerbahce 0-0 Feyenoord (agg: 1-2) It’s been a frantic start to the game, with the home crowd making an almighty racket. No chances yet.
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Peep peep! The 6pm kick-offs are under way, and the atmosphere in Istanbul is spectypical.
FC Copenhagen v Malmo FF team news
FC Copenhagen Kotarski, Huescas, Hatzidiakos, Gabriel Pereira, Lopez, Larsson, Mattsson, Lerager, Robert, Elyounoussi, Cornelius.
Subs: Runarsson, Gadeberg-Burr, Garananga, Claesson, Moukoko, Zague, Sarapata, Meling, Delaney, Clem, West.
Malmo FF Olsen, Rosler, Jansson, Duric, Busanello, Stryger Larsen, Rosengren, Johnsen, Berg, Bolin, Haksabanovic.
Subs: Ellborg, Karlsson, Lewicki, Sigurdsson, Christiansen, Ekong, Holmquist Vecchia, Ali, Gudjohnsen, Zatterstrom, Skogmar, Busuladzic.
Referee Jose Maria Sanchez (Spain)
Plzen v Rangers team news
Plzen Jedlicka, Paluska, Dweh, Jemelka, Memic, Valenta, Cerv, Spacil, Adu, Durosinmi, Vydra.
Subs: Tvrdon, Wiegele, Markovic, Kabongo, Visinsky, Doski, Ladra, Souare, Panos, Havel, Sloncik.
Rangers Butland, Tavernier, Souttar, Djiga, Jefte, Raskin, Cameron, Diomande, Antman, Dessers, Gassama.
Subs: Kelly, Rothwell, Cortes, Barron, Bajrami, Dowell, Fernandez, Rice, Gentles, Curtis, Hutton, Danilo.
Referee Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
Fenerbahce v Feyenoord team news
Fenerbahce Egribayat, Muldur, Skriniar, Oosterwolde, Nelson Semedo, Fred, Amrabat, Brown, Szymanski, En Nesyri, Duran.
Subs: Livakovic, Soyuncu, Yuksek, Djiku, Demir, Kahveci, Munir Mercan, Tosun, Elmaz, Aydin, Talisca, Akcicek.
Feyenoord Wellenreuther, Lotomba, Ahmedhodzic, Watanabe, Bos, Steijn, Hwang, Timber, Hadj Moussa, Ueda, Sauer.
Subs: Bijlow, Bossin, Smal, Stengs, Borges, Tengstedt, Targhaline, Sliti, Slory, Valente, Plug, Kraaijeveld.
Referee Istvan Kovacs (Romania)
Fenerbahce v Feyenoord
The winners of this tie will meet Benfica or Nice in the final playoff round – probably Benfica, who lead 2-0 from the first leg in France. The last time Fenerbahce reached the Champions League proper was in 2008-09; the last time Jose Mourinho did so was, I think, at Spurs in 2019-20.
Preamble
Hello, good evening and welcome to a bumper Champions League x EFL Cup clockwatch. We’ll have goal updates from Lisbon, Istanbul, Gillingham and elsewhere. These are our featured games, with Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce v Robin van Persie’s Feyenoord probably the pick.
Champions League third qualifying round (6pm kick-off unless stated)
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FC Copenhagen v Malmo FF (first leg: 0-0)
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Fenerbahce v Feyenoord (first leg: 1-2)
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Plzen v Rangers (first leg: 0-3)
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Benfica v Nice (8pm, first leg: 2-0)
EFL Cup (7.45pm unless stated)
And if you want to follow all the other goals as they go in, this link is your friend.
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